Fairy tales, fables and folk tales

The Bogle

Folk-Lore and Legends: Scotland
Scottish

Advanced

1 min read

This is a freakish spirit who delights rather to perplex and frighten mankind than either to serve or seriously hurt them. The Esprit Follet of the French, Shakespeare’s Puck, or Robin Goodfellow, and Shellycoat, a spirit who resides in the waters, and has given his name to many a rock and stone on the Scottish […]

The Man with the Cocoanuts

Mabel Cook Cole
Philippine

Intermediate

1 min read

One day a man who had been to gather his cocoanuts loaded his horse heavily with the fruit. On the way home he met a boy whom he asked how long it would take to reach the house. “If you go slowly,” said the boy, looking at the load on the horse, “you will arrive […]

The Mistaken Gifts

Mabel Cook Cole
Philippine

Advanced

1 min read

When Siagon was about eight years old his parents began looking for a girl who would make a suitable wife. At last when they had decided on a beautiful maiden, who lived some distance from them, they sent a man to her parents to ask if they would like Siagon for a son-in-law. Now when […]

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